PUBLISHED: 21 Apr 2024 at 14:08
According to authorities, about 2,000 Burmese people have fled Myawaddy to the Mae Sot region of Tak to seek shelter from the growing battles between Burmese junta forces and racial troops.
About 2,800 Myanmar folks crossed the Moei River and entered Mae Sot for shelter, according to safety resources, and about 40 % of them were women, old people, and younger children, many of whom were experiencing heat stress.
According to sources, lots of Myanmar residents were injured as a result of the coup military’s resurgence of power in the area; On Saturday evening, a coup on February 1 used military aircraft to rocket Myawaddy, and cultural resistance troops were attacking authorities personnel close to the next frontier crossing between Mae Sot and Myawaddy.
In Mae Sot, security forces temporarily housed refugees in two temporary homes, and there were initial aid workers it.
The Myawaddy residents who had been injured were treated at Mae Sot Hospital.
The primary boundary passing in Mae Sot remained empty on Sunday, but traffic it was sluggish as a result of the Saturday night flow from Myawaddy to Mae Sot.
Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, open health inspector-general, said health authorities just recorded 1,686 Myanmar immigrants and more were expected to arrive. He claimed that one immigrant had been harmed by shrapnel and taken to Mae Sot Hospital on Saturday.
Defense Minister Sutin Klungsang claimed that the Thai government was providing humanitarian aid to the people who were inflicted with philanthropic harm and that wars were raging in Myawaddy. The general situation remained within the Thai government’s objectives, said the defence secretary. who had a few days to travel to Mae Sot.
Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, announced on Twitter that he would travel to Mae Sot to watch activities, including border trade, and offer moral aid to local residents and security officers following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
He claimed that leaders would have to be on the lookout for swindlers working in Myawaddy who might even retreat to Mae Sot and that he did not want the battles to have an impact on Thai land.